General Development DLG-TrendmonitorEurope: Farmer in Europe with still high willingness to invest

The DLG-TrendmonitorEurope records the actuel business climate, the expectations for business development in the upcoming 12 month and the strategies for farm development. Furthermore, the preferences for technical innovations are in the focus of the survey. In Germany, the UK and Poland the investment dynamic is still high. Interest rates for in-vestments are still attractive and strengthen the willingness to invest. Increasing land rents and production standards rising production costs and the farmers want to optimize the pro-duction with their investments. Farmers are interested in innovations in animal husbandry to improve the keeping conditions. Farmers are also interested in innovations in data manage-ment as a key to improve production planning and to reach higher production efficiency.